Patents by Inventor Byeong Seon SON

Byeong Seon SON has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240149767
    Abstract: An embodiment armrest assembly for a vehicle includes an armrest rotatably coupled to an armrest board and configured to be extended from the armrest board by rotating forward or to be housed in the armrest board by rotating and standing and a speed-reduction damper mechanism connecting the armrest and the armrest board and configured to make a rotational speed of the armrest uniform by reducing the rotational speed when the armrest rotates to be extended.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Tae Hoon Lee, Ji Hwan Kim, Byeong Seon Son, Sang Ho Kim, Sang Hoon Park, Il Hwan Bae, Jeong Ho Kim, Bong Jae Jeong, Min Soo Kim
  • Publication number: 20240149768
    Abstract: An embodiment armrest assembly for a vehicle includes an armrest including a main body and a lid, an armrest board to which the armrest is rotatably coupled and in which the armrest is accommodated in an erect state, and a skirt coupled to a rear bezel housing of the lid and to the armrest board and correspondingly covering a rear space of the lid when the armrest is rotated forward, wherein the skirt has a panel shape and includes a hard material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Tae Hoon Lee, Ji Hwan Kim, Byeong Seon Son, Sang Ho Kim, Sang Hoon Park, Il Hwan Bae, Jeong Ho Kim, Bong Jae Jeong, Min Soo Kim
  • Publication number: 20240017655
    Abstract: A seat convenience apparatus for a rear seat passenger and an operation control method thereof is provided in a front seat. When an open angle of a footrest of the front seat does not satisfy a predetermined reference angle under the condition that a rear seat passenger desires to use the seat convenience device, operation of the seat convenience device is disabled in spite of the user's desire. Accordingly, misuse of the seat convenience device is prevented under non-use conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Hyundai Transys Inc.
    Inventors: Tae Hoon LEE, Byeong Seon SON, Se Jin PARK, Ji Hwan KIM, Sang Ho KIM, Sang Hoon PARK, Gu Chang KANG, Seong Yun YEO, Sung Hoon KIM
  • Publication number: 20240001831
    Abstract: A vehicle seat control system includes a front seat, a rear seat associated with the front seat back and forth, a footrest mounted on a rear of a seatback of the front seat, a leg-rest mounted on a seat cushion of the rear seat associated with the front seat back and forth, an individual seat switch unit mounted on the front seat and the rear seat, respectively, and an integrated controller configured to determine current state information of the front seat and the rear seat through sensor units mounted on each of the front seat and the rear seat and to perform interference avoidance control in consideration of current state information of a seat associated with a specific seat when receiving a request for an operation of the footrest or the leg-rest from a switch unit of the specific seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Tae Hoon LEE, Byeong Seon SON, JiHwan KIM, SangHoon PARK, Sang Ho KIM, SeJin PARK
  • Publication number: 20230361505
    Abstract: A power supply device of a motor-driven child seat for a vehicle is provided. The motor-driven child seat can be easily mounted and fixed to a rear seat by adopting a method where a latch of the motor-driven child seat is fastened to an anchor of the rear seat, and power can be easily supplied to power consuming components, i.e., an electric mechanism including a motor, a ventilation system, and a heating system, by automatically fastening male-female connectors for supplying power, especially when the motor-driven child seat is fixedly mounted on the rear seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Byeong Seon Son, Tae Hoon Lee, Seung Hyun Kim, Ji Hwan Kim, Sang Hoon Park, Sang Ho Kim, Seon Chae Na, Hyun Tae Lee, Won Ho Chang, Jeong In Baek, In Ju Lee
  • Publication number: 20230356633
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a motor-driven child seat for a vehicle capable of making it more convenient to sit a child in the child seat and to switch the seat to a comfortable posture by enabling swiveling adjustment of the child seat using the swivel-driving device and reclining adjustment of the child seat using the reclining-driving device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Byeong Seon Son, Tae Hoon Lee, Seung Hyun Kim, Ji Hwan Kim, Seon Chae Na, Sang Ho Kim, Sang Hoon Park, Jeong In Baek, Yong Chul Jang, In ju Lee
  • Publication number: 20230356635
    Abstract: A ventilation and heating apparatus for a child seat is provided. A ventilation mat with an embedded heating wire is mounted on a body of the child seat, so ventilation air is discharged toward a child's body through the ventilation mat in summer or when ventilation is required, and heating wire embedded in the ventilation mat is driven in winter, thus providing a comfortable seating environment for a child sitting on the child seat, and improving the sitting comfort of a child.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Byeong Seon Son, Tae Hoon Lee, Seung Hyun Kim, Ji Hwan Kim, Seon Chae Na, Sang Ho Kim, Sang Hoon Park, Jeong In Baek, Yong Chul Jang, In Ju Lee
  • Publication number: 20230294574
    Abstract: A system and method for controlling a motor-driven child seat for a vehicle, may easily allow a seat control unit to perform the power supply and drive control for various electric parts of the motor-driven child seat by connecting between the seat control unit configured to control various electric parts of a vehicle seat and various electric parts of the motor-driven child seat using a connector so that power supply and control signals may be exchanged therebetween when the motor-driven child seat is mounted on the vehicle seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Byeong Seon SON, Tae Hoon LEE, Ji Hwan KIM, Seon Chae NA, Sang Ho KIM, Sang Hoon PARK, Won Ho CHANG, Hyun Tae LEE
  • Patent number: 11685319
    Abstract: A device for automatically adjusting an angle of a monitor on a vehicle seat back includes: a fixation bracket on a front seat back upper-frame; a first rotation bracket on an upper portion of the fixation bracket; a second rotation bracket on a lower portion of the fixation bracket; a monitor on a front surface of the first rotation bracket; a motor on a bottom surface of the second rotation bracket; an angle adjustment bar integrally combined with a rear surface of the first rotation bracket; a lead screw, whose lower portion is connected to an output shaft of the motor, and whose upper portion passes through the second rotation bracket; and an ascending and descending member having a threaded hole such that the ascending and descending member fastened to the lead screw while being fastened to an end portion of the angle adjustment bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, HYUNDAI TRANSYS INC.
    Inventors: Sang Ho Kim, Byeong Seon Son, Tae Hoon Lee, Ji Hwan Kim, Seon Chae Na, Sang Hoon Park, Yun Ho Kim, Won Kee Kim
  • Publication number: 20230191969
    Abstract: Disclosed is a headrest having a speaker, the headrest including: a headrest frame having a rear surface to which a driving module is coupled so that the headrest frame is movable forwards, rearwards, or vertically in response to operation of the driving module, the headrest frame having a front surface formed with a mounting space recessed rearwards; a speaker, inserted into the mounting space in the headrest frame, provided with an output portion facing forwards and outputting sound, the speaker having a rear side closed by the headrest frame; a foam pad, mounted on the front surface of the headrest frame so as to cover the headrest frame and the speaker, having formed therein a first through hole outputting sound forwards at a position corresponding to the output portion; and a covering configured to cover the front surface of the foam pad and forming the front exterior of the headrest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, HYUNDAI TRANSYS INC.
    Inventors: Byeong Seon Son, Tae Hoon Lee, Young Sun Choi, Ji Hwan Kim, Seon Chae Na, Sang Ho Kim, Sang Hoon Park, Jae Ho Song, Won Kee Kim
  • Publication number: 20230171904
    Abstract: An armrest touch screen device with a water discharge function applied to a vehicle according to the present disclosure includes one or more of: a water discharge part defined by a touch screen panel and a screen body; a fitting coupling part defined by the touch screen panel and the screen body; a bolting fastening part defined by the touch screen panel, the screen body, a circuit board, and a screen casing; and a hook engaging part defined by the screen body and a screen casing. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent water permeation into the touch screen panel, reduce the weight and the material costs by reducing the number of screws, implement the robust touch screen design, and minimize the assembly dimension error.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Ji-Hwan Kim, Tae-Hoon Lee, Byeong-Seon Son, Seon-Chae Na, Sang-Ho Kim, Sang-Hoon Park, Sang-Kil Park
  • Publication number: 20230166651
    Abstract: In one aspect, an armrest lighting control device of a vehicle according to the present disclosure comprises a switch controller configured to produce a lighting color change effect or produce a fade-in/fade-out effect or an effect of turning off lighting by outputting a lighting-off signal from a lighting turning-off position of a switch lighting unit on the basis of a sensor signal from an acceleration sensor made by detecting a change in upward/downward armrest change angle of an armrest having the switch lighting unit directed toward a rear seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Ji-Hwan Kim, Tae-Hoon Lee, Byeong-Seon Son, Seon-Chae Na, Sang-Ho Kim, Sang-Hoon Park, Seong-Youn Jo, Yeong-Gil So
  • Patent number: 11603018
    Abstract: A power supply device for a vehicle child seat includes an anchor housing mounted on a rear seat, an anchor and a power supply connector, which are positioned within the anchor housing, a latch bar mounted on a child seat and fastened on the anchor in a locked manner, a connector module slidably fastened to the latch bar, and a power connection connector integrally combined with the connector module and removably fastened to the power supply connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Byeong Seon Son, Tae Hoon Lee, Seon Chae Na, Ji Hwan Kim, Sang Hoon Park, Sang Ho Kim, Seung Hyun Kim
  • Patent number: 11505091
    Abstract: In a seat reclining device, a seatback frame forming a skeleton of a seatback is coupled to a seat cushion frame to be rotatable about a shaft with respect to the seat cushion frame. One end portion of a first sliding bracket is rotatably coupled to a middle portion of the seatback frame by a driving unit. The other end portion of the first sliding bracket extends toward a vehicle body located behind the seatback. A second sliding bracket is mounted on the vehicle body located behind the seatback and extends toward the first sliding bracket in a front and rear longitudinal direction to be connected to the first sliding bracket. The second sliding bracket is configured to guide a sliding movement of the first sliding bracket while the first sliding bracket is being rotated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Hyundai Transys Inc., Daechang Seat Co., Ltd-Dongtan
    Inventors: Sang Hoon Park, Tae Hoon Lee, Byeong Seon Son, Sang Ho Kim, Ji Hwan Kim, Seon Chae Na, Jeon Jin Lim, Kwang Hun Choi
  • Patent number: 11498516
    Abstract: A locking apparatus of a buckle of a seat belt for vehicles includes a sector gear bracket configured to be integrally coupled to a rear pipe which is coupled to a seat cushion frame, wherein the sector gear bracket has: an arc-shaped locking hole; and a sector gear arranged along the locking hole as an internal gear; a pole bracket located at one side of the sector gear bracket, wherein the pole bracket has a shaft part which is configured to pass through the locking hole and the seat cushion frame and then be integrally coupled to a lower end of the buckle; and a lock gear arranged on the pole bracket as an external gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, DAEWON PRECISION INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byeong Seon Son, Tae Hoon Lee, Sang Ho Kim, Ji Hwan Kim, Sang Hoon Park, Seon Chae Na, Byoung Tae Seo
  • Publication number: 20220304884
    Abstract: A foot massage assembly for a vehicle, may simultaneously provide a foot massage and a heating function and may include a plate mounted on a seatback for a vehicle, a bladder unit spaced from the plate at an interval and provided with a plurality of bladder cells, wherein air is supplied to or exhausted from an inside of the bladder cells for pressurizing passenger's soles, and a heat wire mat positioned to cover the bladder unit and provided with a heat wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Hyundai Transys Inc
    Inventors: Byeong-Seon SON, Tae-Hoon Lee, Ji-Hwan Kim, Seon-Chae Na, Sang-Ho Kim, Sang-Hoon Park, Seong-Yun Yeo, Sung-Hoon Kim
  • Patent number: 11345263
    Abstract: An apparatus of tilting a seat cushion of a rear seat may include a tilting function additionally provided to a seat cushion of a rear seat, so when a seatback reclines, it is possible to tilt up the front end portion of the seat cushion and sufficiently support the thighs of a passenger sitting in the rear seat using the front end portion of the seat cushion tilted upwards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Daewon Precision Industrial Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Ji Hwan Kim, Tae Hoon Lee, Byeong Seon Son, Sang Hoon Park, Seon Chae Na, Sang Ho Kim, Byoung Tae Seo
  • Publication number: 20220118891
    Abstract: An apparatus of tilting a seat cushion of a rear seat may include a tilting function additionally provided to a seat cushion of a rear seat, so when a seatback reclines, it is possible to tilt up the front end portion of the seat cushion and sufficiently support the thighs of a passenger sitting in the rear seat using the front end portion of the seat cushion tilted upwards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Daewon Precision Industrial Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Ji Hwan KIM, Tae Hoon LEE, Byeong Seon SON, Sang Hoon PARK, Seon Chae NA, Sang Ho KIM, Byoung Tae SEO
  • Publication number: 20220118897
    Abstract: A forward tilting mechanism of a headrest for a vehicle and a headrest including the same are configured so that the headrest can be tilted forward in a simplified operating method. A forward tilting mechanism of a headrest includes: a fixing bracket mounted on a stay; a main body rotatably coupled to the fixing bracket; a driving part mounted on the fixing bracket between the fixing bracket and the main body; and a slider disposed between the driving part and the main body, and configured to be movable by operation of the driving part and configured to provide a moving force to the main body such that the main body is rotatable by the movement of the slider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, SEOYONCNF, HYUNDAI TRANSYS INC.
    Inventors: Tae Hoon Lee, Byeong Seon Son, Sang Ho Kim, Ji Hwan Kim, Seon Chae Na, Sang Hoon Park, Yong Jun Shin, Jang Won Lee
  • Publication number: 20220105837
    Abstract: A power supply device for a vehicle child seat includes an anchor housing mounted on a rear seat, an anchor and a power supply connector, which are positioned within the anchor housing, a latch bar mounted on a child seat and fastened on the anchor in a locked manner, a connector module slidably fastened to the latch bar, and a power connection connector integrally combined with the connector module and removably fastened to the power supply connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Byeong Seon Son, Tae Hoon Lee, Seon Chae Na, Ji Hwan Kim, Sang Hoon Park, Sang Ho Kim, Seung Hyun Kim